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Homer's Odysses. Translated according to ye Greeke. By Geo. Chapman
Homer; Chapman, George (1559?-1634)
The first 12 books (A-Q in 6's, R in 8), printed by Field, were issued separately in [1614?]: and are here re-issued; books 13-24 (S-Hh in 6's, Ii in 8), printed by Jaggard, are here first issued. P...
The tragedy of Sir Thomas Overbury : as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's company of comedians
Savage, Richard (1743)
1724
On the verso of the last leaf are some advertisements of books printed for Samuel Chapman.
Love in excess; or The fatal enquiry : a novel in three parts
Haywood, Eliza Fowler (1693?-1756)
1722
Parts 2 and 3 have separate undated title pages, with imprint "Printed for W. Chetwood, J. Woodman, D. Brown, and S. Chapman".
Love in a sack : as it is now acted at the New-Theatre in Lincolns-Inn Fields
Griffin, Benjamin (1680-1740); Chapman, George (1559?-1634)
1715
Signatures: A⁶ B-C12. Based in part on Chapman's May day. Frontispiece included in pagination.
The tragedie of Chabot Admirall Of France : As it was presented by her Majesties Servants, at the private House in Drury Lane
Chapman, George (1559?-1634); Shirley, James (1596-1666)
1639
Signatures: A-I⁴. Signature A3 misprinted B3. "Apparently a revision by Shirley of a play written by Chapman c. 1613" - Cambridge bibliography. Running title: The Admirall of France. The fir...
Bussy D'Ambois : A tragedie: as it hath been often acted with great applause : being much corrected and amended by the author before his death
Chapman, George (1559?-1634)
1641
Title vignette. First issue of the second edition. Anon., by G. Chapman.
An epicede or funerall song : on the most disastrous death, of the high-borne prince of men, Henry Prince of Wales, &c. With the funeralls, and representation of the herse of the same high and mighty prince;... VVhich noble prince deceased at St. Iames, the sixt day of Nouember, 1612. and was most princely interred the seuenth day of December following, within the Abbey of Westminster, in the eighteenth yeere of his age
Chapman, George (1559?-1634); Hole, William (1624); Taylor, John (1580-1653)
1612 [i.e. 1613]
Part 1 has A2 and E2 signed, although each gathering consists of two leaves only. Dedication signed: Geo: Chapman. Printer's name from STC. In two parts. Part 2, "The funerals of the high and mi...
Marmor Norfolciense:, or, An essay on an ancient prophetical inscription, in monkish rhyme, lately discover'd near Lynn in Norfolk
Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784); Walpole, Robert Earl of Orford (1676-1745)
1739
With half-title. Title page vignette. "A squib against Walpole."-- Dictionary of national biography.
Memoirs of the life and writings of Ben. Jonson, Esq; poet laureat to King James the First, and King Charles the First. With an abstract of the lives of their favourites, Somerset and Buckingham. Collected from the writings of the most eminent historians, and interspersed with the pasquils of those times. To which are added, two comedies, (wrote by Ben. Jonson, &c. and not printed in his works) called The widow, and Eastward Hoe
Chetwood, W R (1766); Middleton, Thomas (1627); Fletcher, John (1579-1625); Jonson, Ben (1573?-1637); Jonson, Ben (1573?-1637); Chapman, George (1559?-1634); Marston, John (1575?-1634); Chetwood, William Rufus (fl.1720-d.1766)
1756
"The widow" is considered to be almost entirely the work of T. Middleton, with slight assistance from Jonson and Fletcher; "Eastward Hoe" was a collaboration by Jonson, G. Chapman and J. Marston. De...
The adventures of Abdalla, son of Hanif, sent by the sultan of the Indies, to make a discovery of the island of Borico, where the fountain which restores past youth is supposed to be found. Also an account of the travels of Rouschen, a Persian lady, to the Topsy-Turvy island, undiscover'd to this day. The whole intermix'd with several curious and instructive histories
Bignon, Jean Paul (1662-1743); Hatchett, William (fl. 1730-1741)
1729
"Redding implies that Vathek was founded upon an anonymous pseud-orientalism... entitled, Abdallah, fils d'Hanif, which was translated into English from the French ... but a cursory comparison will at...
Observations on I. The answer of M. L'Abbé de Vertot to the late Earl Stanhope's inquiry, concerning the senate of ancient Rome: dated December 1719. II. A dissertation upon the constitution of the Roman senate... published in 1743. III. A treatise on the Roman senate by Dr. Conyers Middleton ... IV. An essay on the Roman senate by Dr. Thomas Chapman: published in 1750
Hooke, N (1690-1763); Vertot abbé (1655-1735); Middleton, Conyers (1683-1750); Chapman, Thomas (1717-1760)
1758
An epistle from the Elector of Bavaria to the French King: after the battel of Ramillies
Clay, Stephen; Prior, Matthew (1664-1721)
1706
Anon., by Stephen Clay; traditionally ascribed to Matthew Prior. On Clay's authorship see Foxon; also R.W. Chapman's note in RES 1 (1925), p.92. First edition. A satire in verse on the alliance be...